Website Cleaner removes unnecessary characters from html files, and prepares jpeg and gif files for use on the web.

WebSiteCleaner is a 'one trick pony' for cleaning websites.

WebSiteCleaner will reduce the size of html files by removing unnecessary characters, and it will reduce the size of jpeg and gif files by removing resources forks and meta-data. This results in a smaller website, which loads faster, and uses less bandwidth.

You can use WebSiteCleaner by either dragging the folder containing the website directly on to the application icon or on to the application window.

When you drop a folder on to the application (icon or window) the folder will be copied and renamed with a number as a suffix (the application checks for a duplicate folder and increments the number until a unique name is produced). The files, and directory structure, are then copied and 'cleaned'.

Here are some key features of "Website Cleaner":

￭ JPEG settings: JPEG files will have any excess data (e.g. meta-data etc.) removed and quality of the JPEG changed to that indicated by the slider in the application window (for most purposes a setting of 90 will produce a JPEG of suitable quality). The slider setting is remembered between application launches, therefore if a website folder is dragged on to the application icon, and the application is launched, then the JPEGs will be converted using the previous quality settings.
￭ HTML files: Excess characters are removed. WebSiteCleaner is JavaScript friendly.
￭ GIF files: Excess data is removed to produce a smaller file (animated GIFs still function).
￭ Other file types (e.g. quicktime, flash etc.): These file types will still function after the site has been 'cleaned'.
￭ Aliases and symbolic links: These are ignored and are not followed.


Limitations:

￭ If you have not registered WebSiteCleaner, and you have used the program more than 5 times, then you will get a 'nag' screen when the application launches.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Minor update to improve memory handling and to fix a few minor bugs